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A year of high-profile plane crashes


PARIS – A TransAsia Airways plane crashed into a river outside the Taiwanese capital Taipei Wednesday, leaving at least 22 dead, the latest high-profile accident this year, especially in Asia.Despite several headline-grabbing crashes, 2014 continued a long-term trend of improving air safety, online accident database Aviation Safety Network said in December.The number of crashes last year was well below 32, the annual average since 1946.[[nid:171831]]Here is a list of major crashes over the past 12 months:- 2014 — February 11: ALGERIA – An Algerian military C-130 Hercules plane crashes in bad weather in the mountainous northeast Oum El Bouaghi region …read more

Source: AsiaOne

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